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The 2006 California State Controller election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Board of Equalization Chair John Chiang, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, Assemblyman Tony Strickland, for the office previously held by Democrat Steve Westly, who ran for governor.
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517222238/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm.
Results by county are available here and here [ permanent dead link ].
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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John Chiang | 1,157,760 | 53.30 | |
Joe Dunn | 1,014,451 | 46.70 | |
Total votes | 2,172,211 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Tony Strickland | 689,071 | 40.67 | |
Abel Maldonado | 626,559 | 37.98 | |
Jim Stieringer | 210,691 | 12.43 | |
Bret Davis | 91,760 | 5.42 | |
David Harris | 76,310 | 4.50 | |
Total votes | 1,694,391 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Laura Wells | 32,092 | 100.00 | |
American Independent | Warren Campbell | 30,632 | 100.00 | |
Libertarian | Donna Tello | 16,700 | 100.00 | |
Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 4,047 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Chiang | 4,232,313 | 50.62 | |
Republican | Tony Strickland | 3,360,611 | 40.19 | |
Green | Laura Wells | 260,047 | 3.11 | |
Peace and Freedom | Elizabeth Cervantes Barron | 212,383 | 2.54 | |
Libertarian | Donna Tello | 188,934 | 2.26 | |
American Independent | Warren Campbell | 106,761 | 1.28 | |
Invalid or blank votes | 538,010 | 6.05 | ||
Total votes | 8,361,049 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 39.29 | |||
Democratic hold | ||||
Results from the Secretary of State of California: [1]
County | Chiang | Votes | Strickland | Votes | Wells | Votes | Tello | Votes | Barron | Votes | Campbell | Votes |
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San Francisco | 74.4% | 171,170 | 13.6% | 31,265 | 6.7% | 15,288 | 2.3% | 5,436 | 2.2% | 5,184 | 0.8% | 1,914 |
Alameda | 69.2% | 270,660 | 21.1% | 82,330 | 5.1% | 20,048 | 1.9% | 7,448 | 1.8% | 7,401 | 0.9% | 3,652 |
Marin | 64.6% | 64,585 | 26.2% | 26,160 | 5.0% | 4,952 | 1.5% | 1,540 | 2.2% | 2,282 | 0.5% | 549 |
Santa Cruz | 62.5% | 53,633 | 24.9% | 21,362 | 6.3% | 5,398 | 2.4% | 2,068 | 2.8% | 2,429 | 1.1% | 987 |
San Mateo | 61.9% | 120,634 | 28.2% | 54,876 | 4.1% | 7,865 | 2.6% | 5,149 | 2.2% | 4,374 | 1.0% | 2,088 |
Yolo | 60.1% | 31,636 | 32.4% | 17,017 | 3.7% | 1,951 | 1.7% | 914 | 1.5% | 821 | 0.6% | 338 |
Sonoma | 59.5% | 99,046 | 28.9% | 48,153 | 5.3% | 8,735 | 2.8% | 4,672 | 2.5% | 4,297 | 1.0% | 1,797 |
Los Angeles | 57.6% | 1,089,306 | 32.9% | 621,387 | 2.8% | 53,797 | 3.4% | 63,723 | 2.1% | 41,583 | 1.2% | 23,669 |
Santa Clara | 57.1% | 233,076 | 32.5% | 132,570 | 3.9% | 15,887 | 2.2% | 9,116 | 2.9% | 12,015 | 1.4% | 5,850 |
Contra Costa | 57.0% | 165,894 | 35.3% | 102,723 | 3.1% | 9,012 | 1.5% | 4,642 | 1.9% | 5,604 | 1.2% | 3,522 |
Solano | 56.6% | 57,241 | 35.8% | 36,158 | 2.6% | 2,551 | 1.9% | 1,966 | 1.8% | 1,921 | 1.3% | 1,343 |
Mendocino | 55.0% | 16,264 | 29.5% | 8,709 | 7.8% | 2,306 | 3.1% | 933 | 3.1% | 924 | 1.5% | 462 |
Monterey | 54.0% | 46,017 | 36.0% | 30,722 | 3.6% | 3,037 | 2.4% | 2,125 | 2.4% | 2,051 | 1.6% | 1,409 |
Napa | 53.2% | 21,710 | 36.4% | 14,859 | 4.1% | 1,700 | 2.5% | 1,046 | 2.5% | 1,025 | 1.3% | 544 |
Imperial | 51.8% | 11,234 | 34.3% | 7,441 | 2.3% | 513 | 7.1% | 1,549 | 2.4% | 523 | 2.1% | 459 |
Sacramento | 51.8% | 181,890 | 41.3% | 144,901 | 2.6% | 8,806 | 1.5% | 5,539 | 1.7% | 6,161 | 1.1% | 4,079 |
Humboldt | 49.7% | 23,001 | 35.3% | 16,335 | 8.1% | 3,733 | 2.7% | 1,274 | 2.9% | 1,334 | 1.3% | 612 |
Lake | 49.6% | 9,344 | 38.5% | 7,248 | 4.4% | 816 | 3.1% | 600 | 2.6% | 493 | 1.8% | 346 |
San Diego | 48.4% | 362,343 | 44.7% | 334,607 | 2.1% | 15,917 | 1.8% | 13,679 | 2.1% | 16,106 | 0.9% | 7,296 |
San Joaquin | 48.2% | 65,203 | 43.5% | 58,840 | 2.1% | 2,949 | 2.9% | 3,903 | 1.9% | 2,687 | 1.4% | 1,934 |
Alpine | 47.6% | 238 | 40.6% | 203 | 4.6% | 23 | 2.3% | 12 | 3.4% | 17 | 1.5% | 8 |
Merced | 47.1% | 19,263 | 45.1% | 18,418 | 1.7% | 707 | 3.2% | 1,281 | 1.8% | 772 | 1.1% | 486 |
San Benito | 46.8% | 6,479 | 41.6% | 5,760 | 3.3% | 471 | 3.8% | 526 | 2.7% | 379 | 1.8% | 253 |
Stanislaus | 46.5% | 47,275 | 46.6% | 47,371 | 1.6% | 1,713 | 2.5% | 2,536 | 1.5% | 1,599 | 1.3% | 1,349 |
Santa Barbara | 44.0% | 50,931 | 45.2% | 52,228 | 3.9% | 4,500 | 2.6% | 3,017 | 3.1% | 3,686 | 1.2% | 1,410 |
Nevada | 43.7% | 18,223 | 48.1% | 20,062 | 4.2% | 1,767 | 1.1% | 472 | 2.3% | 966 | 0.6% | 284 |
Fresno | 43.7% | 74,781 | 48.8% | 83,517 | 1.9% | 3,301 | 2.9% | 4,872 | 1.8% | 3,245 | 0.9% | 1,589 |
Del Norte | 42.6% | 2,774 | 46.8% | 3,046 | 3.4% | 225 | 2.2% | 145 | 2.7% | 180 | 2.3% | 150 |
Ventura | 41.3% | 88,769 | 51.3% | 110,132 | 2.3% | 5,012 | 1.9% | 4,219 | 2.3% | 4,995 | 0.9% | 1,944 |
Mono | 40.9% | 1,485 | 47.5% | 1,726 | 4.4% | 159 | 2.3% | 85 | 3.8% | 139 | 1.1% | 42 |
Tuolumne | 40.7% | 8,388 | 51.5% | 10,622 | 2.9% | 592 | 1.6% | 346 | 2.0% | 426 | 1.3% | 274 |
San Bernardino | 40.4% | 134,620 | 49.6% | 165,498 | 2.4% | 8,147 | 3.2% | 10,615 | 2.5% | 8,384 | 1.9% | 6,477 |
Amador | 40.2% | 5,860 | 52.4% | 7,649 | 2.8% | 405 | 1.1% | 166 | 1.9% | 280 | 1.6% | 239 |
Mariposa | 40.0% | 2,989 | 51.8% | 3,868 | 3.2% | 237 | 1.4% | 109 | 2.1% | 161 | 1.5% | 113 |
Trinity | 39.9% | 2,219 | 45.9% | 2,554 | 5.8% | 326 | 2.8% | 157 | 4.1% | 230 | 1.5% | 86 |
San Luis Obispo | 39.8% | 36,817 | 51.6% | 47,712 | 3.5% | 3,172 | 1.6% | 1,507 | 2.3% | 2,180 | 1.2% | 1,159 |
Plumas | 39.6% | 3,417 | 52.9% | 4,573 | 2.8% | 236 | 1.3% | 121 | 2.0% | 176 | 1.4% | 122 |
Calaveras | 39.4% | 6,884 | 51.5% | 9,010 | 3.2% | 551 | 1.7% | 310 | 2.7% | 473 | 1.5% | 271 |
Butte | 39.2% | 26,252 | 50.1% | 33,587 | 4.1% | 2,735 | 2.2% | 1,537 | 2.6% | 1,734 | 1.8% | 1,219 |
Riverside | 39.1% | 145,586 | 52.0% | 193,518 | 2.3% | 8,635 | 2.8% | 10,397 | 2.2% | 8,538 | 1.6% | 6,051 |
Kings | 38.7% | 8,711 | 55.1% | 12,410 | 1.3% | 307 | 2.3% | 496 | 1.3% | 306 | 1.3% | 297 |
Siskiyou | 38.0% | 6,138 | 52.9% | 8,542 | 2.8% | 469 | 1.5% | 254 | 3.0% | 474 | 1.8% | 297 |
El Dorado | 38.0% | 25,016 | 54.7% | 36,005 | 3.1% | 2,012 | 1.0% | 710 | 2.2% | 1,449 | 1.0% | 715 |
Placer | 37.8% | 45,028 | 55.2% | 65,781 | 2.5% | 2,995 | 1.4% | 1,684 | 2.0% | 2,498 | 1.1% | 1,364 |
Kern | 37.7% | 55,538 | 54.6% | 80,558 | 1.7% | 2,523 | 2.5% | 3,627 | 1.8% | 2,773 | 1.7% | 2,644 |
Colusa | 37.6% | 1,794 | 55.8% | 2,667 | 1.5% | 73 | 2.0% | 97 | 1.3% | 63 | 1.8% | 90 |
Tulare | 37.3% | 25,288 | 56.5% | 38,351 | 1.6% | 1,109 | 1.8% | 1,268 | 1.3% | 908 | 1.5% | 1,031 |
Madera | 36.8% | 10,844 | 55.9% | 16,498 | 1.9% | 554 | 2.4% | 691 | 1.7% | 520 | 1.3% | 412 |
Sierra | 35.4% | 553 | 53.4% | 834 | 4.6% | 71 | 1.5% | 25 | 4.1% | 63 | 1.0% | 17 |
Inyo | 35.2% | 2,196 | 54.0% | 3,367 | 4.4% | 271 | 2.0% | 129 | 2.9% | 177 | 1.5% | 99 |
Yuba | 35.1% | 4,784 | 54.9% | 7,477 | 3.0% | 407 | 2.0% | 273 | 2.4% | 339 | 2.6% | 356 |
Sutter | 35.0% | 8,130 | 57.8% | 13,407 | 1.7% | 417 | 2.2% | 505 | 1.8% | 422 | 1.5% | 351 |
Orange | 33.1% | 231,448 | 57.2% | 400,206 | 2.6% | 18,271 | 3.0% | 20,999 | 2.6% | 18,784 | 1.5% | 10,702 |
Tehama | 32.3% | 5,691 | 58.4% | 10,297 | 2.4% | 424 | 2.4% | 433 | 2.2% | 406 | 2.3% | 410 |
Shasta | 31.7% | 18,087 | 59.6% | 34,073 | 2.4% | 1,413 | 1.7% | 1,020 | 2.6% | 1,431 | 2.0% | 1,193 |
Glenn | 31.5% | 2,292 | 60.3% | 4,388 | 1.9% | 140 | 2.4% | 172 | 1.9% | 143 | 2.0% | 153 |
Lassen | 31.4% | 2,624 | 57.9% | 4,849 | 3.6% | 298 | 1.9% | 163 | 3.1% | 267 | 2.1% | 180 |
Modoc | 28.1% | 1,014 | 60.5% | 2,184 | 3.3% | 118 | 2.3% | 85 | 3.8% | 136 | 2.0% | 74 |
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